Cool site about wild inverts

[WhistlingBadger]

I came across this looking for info on a refugium with (mostly) native inverts. Some good info, and great photos. I love the description of diving beetles. The big ones are pretty common in my pond, and they are perhaps the coolest bug out there.

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[mbsqw1d]

Theres a cool insta page I follow of a young lad who shares videos of microscopic creatures, such as tardigrades and diatoms, he finds in pond samples:

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@jam_and_germs

I expect a lot of which may be living in our aquariums? Not sure, but I like to think so.. perhaps they make up some of the infusoria we often refer to?

 

[eatyourpeas]

Who could resist an ostracod or a tardigrade?

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Who could resist an ostracod or a tardigrade?

Not too many fish, I can tell you that! Yum.